Burundi vs Malawi: Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita

Burundi
3.95 SDR per person
in 2023
Malawi
20.78 SDR per person
in 2020
Burundi rank
174th
Malawi rank
171st

Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita over time

  • Burundi
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 20.78 SDR per person against 3.95 SDR per person in Burundi, a difference of 16.83 SDR per person.

That makes Malawi's figure about 5.3 times Burundi's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Malawi ahead.

Burundi ranks 174th and Malawi ranks 171st of 179 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 3 and Malawi in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burundi Malawi Difference Ahead
1960s 1.9 SDR per person 4.93 SDR per person 3.03 SDR per person Malawi
1970s 7.96 SDR per person 7.91 SDR per person 0.0484 SDR per person Burundi
1980s 7.07 SDR per person 5.62 SDR per person 1.44 SDR per person Burundi
1990s 15.24 SDR per person 9.24 SDR per person 6 SDR per person Burundi
2000s 9.28 SDR per person 9.49 SDR per person 0.213 SDR per person Malawi
2010s 8.3 SDR per person 21.6 SDR per person 13.3 SDR per person Malawi
2020s 3.58 SDR per person 20.78 SDR per person 17.2 SDR per person Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita, Burundi or Malawi?
Malawi, at 20.78 SDR per person against 3.95 SDR per person in Burundi as of 2020.
What is the difference in reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita between Burundi and Malawi?
16.83 SDR per person, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Malawi?
56 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2020.
How do Burundi and Malawi rank globally for reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita?
Burundi ranks 174th and Malawi ranks 171st of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita
Unit
SDR per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
180 places, 9,460 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.